Topic: Beautiful Plant Life
I love days like today. The weather is cool, gray, breezy with scattered showers. I am having some "calming" Yogi Tea and some of my homemade carrot-zucchini bread with strawberry jam and butter. Yum! There's nothing like good food, drink, weather, music and company all in one! Hehe, and the company is just my usual crew of myself, Kenny, and Every. Kenny is asleep on my back, Every is watching TV (we are trying to cut way down!), playing with his toys and eating his share of jam and bread. If it stops raining we'll go outside on a nature exploration, since it's nice and overcast. We'll probably hunt for frogs, snails, lizards, spiders, and all the other lovely little creatures Every so dearly loves and is fascinated by. If it doesn't stop, then we will stay indoors and most likely paint and bake cookies or something. I need to make sure I get physical activity into Every's body though, otherwise he (and I) will go caput. 
I have been rereading "Raising Your Spirited Child" by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka and it is a nice reminder of the unique temperaments that each of us individuals have. I suspect that Every may be more of an introvert than an extrovert, and I am still split down the middle in figuring which one I lean towards more. Not sure about little Kenny yet. But it is a great book and gives great practical suggestions on relating to our children in a more peaceful manner. I would recommend it to all families who are curious, regardless of whether their child(ren) are "spirited" or not. I discovered that *I* am spirited and I now have a better understanding of my own temperament and personality style. It helps me to meet my needs and the needs of my children if I am first able to recognize what those needs are!
Our Nature Walk
So it stopped raining and we did indeed wander outside for quite some time! I took the camera with me and we got some great shots of our little adventure! This first photo is of a Bird of Paradise flower. Beautiful isn't it?
Another beautiful Bird of Paradise flower
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Bilimbines, otherwise known as Starfruit. Yum, I love these, used to eat them a lot as a kid and just recently started to enjoy them again!
Achiote, otherwise known as Annato. The seeds inside the little pods are used for dying, or in cooking, like making red rice, a staple in Chamorro cuisine.
Our garden is gradually developing!
